It\u2019s that time of the year again\u2014Psychosomatic phobias and illness\u2014though it beats me why!!! Examination!!<\/span><\/p>\n I would actually prefer to call it \u2018Assessment\u2019!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Whether verbal, written or any other form -students fear this \u2018Monster\u2019 as THEY perceive it.<\/span><\/p>\n Correction-!\u00a0 Parents fear it while the children could hardly care!!\u00a0 Teachers see it as a necessary tool to bridge the LEARNING GAP!\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t everyone want to know how much the student has achieved when he is sent to school.\u00a0 Aren\u2019t all of us paying and being paid to ensure that LEARNING has taken place??<\/span><\/p>\n EXAMINATION FEVER V\/S COVID FEVER???<\/b><\/p>\n Both are certainly curable but Examination fever could be fatal if one lets it overpower your mind.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Would all the Examination Boards across the Nation and the World conduct Examinations albeit in whichever form, if they were so monstrous???<\/span><\/p>\n The \u2018Monster\u2019 lies within us if we attempt to appear for Examinations that we have no interest in or not up our street!\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it???<\/span><\/p>\n A bit of advice to our parent bodies\u2014If we help our children to understand that they must do their best and compete only with themselves and their last performance, AND we understand this ourselves, stress all around will be reduced considerably and they wouldn\u2019t have to blame school for it!<\/span><\/p>\n One needs to get worried only if the Progress Report thereof is very dismal.\u00a0 Then too, one must be mature enough to realise that EVERY PROBLEM DOES HAVE A SOLUTION!!!<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s put the Examinations in the proper perspective for our children\u2014They are to be perceived only as Rehearsals to better ourselves and not Monsters to be feared-Adopt this attitude and I\u00a0 guarantee Success in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n All the very best for the coming Examinations!\u00a0 Go for it!!<\/span><\/p>\n